How leaders’ diversity beliefs alter the impact of faultlines on team functioning

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How leaders’ diversity beliefs alter the impact of faultlines on team functioning. / Schölmerich, Franziska; Schermuly, C; Deller, Jürgen.
in: Small Group Research, Jahrgang 47, Nr. 2, 01.04.2016, S. 177-206.

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Schölmerich F, Schermuly C, Deller J. How leaders’ diversity beliefs alter the impact of faultlines on team functioning. Small Group Research. 2016 Apr 1;47(2):177-206. Epub 2016 Feb 15. doi: 10.1177/1046496416630960

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abstract = "Teams with strong faultlines often do not achieve their full potentialbecause their functioning is impaired. We argue that strong diversity beliefsheld by team leaders mitigate the negative impact of socio-demographicand experience-based faultlines on team functioning. In a heterogeneousmultisource field sample of 217 employees nested in 44 teams and theirleaders, we tested our assumptions. Results of a path-analytic model showedthat socio-demographic faultlines were negatively related to perceivedcohesion and positively related to perceived loafing. The impact of sociodemographic faultlines on team functioning was less detrimental whenleaders held strong diversity beliefs. Against our expectations, we found nosupport for an impact of experience-based faultlines on perceived cohesionor a moderating role of leaders{\textquoteright} diversity beliefs in this context. Potentialexplanations for these results and implications for organizations and teamleaders are discussed.",
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